According to Steven Rosenblatt, president of the location tracking company:

Across cities with and without NFL teams, Sunday sports bar foot traffic dropped by double digits between the 2015 and 2016 season with a 12% YoY drop for cities with teams and a 13% YoY drop for those without.

Foursquare also reports sports bars in NFL teams’ regions typically see a 32% increase in business on Sundays during the season compared to Sundays without football the rest of the year.

In addition to the well-documented problems at ESPN, it appears the politicization of football is having a very real effect on the sports entertainment industry extending beyond just television ratings.

To see more of 2ndVote’s research that documents more reasons why conservatives may be fed up with the NFL’s politics, visit our scorepage here.

What a surprise. Not! Some “entertainment” entity decides to play politics and does not see any “pushback?” The only people continuing to watch those ‘self-aggrandizing,’ pontificating political hacks, ‘celebs’ on those Hollywood award shows are others of the ilk attending, or staying home and watching. As with those “actors,” I don’t care, or want to know, what they think – provide me the “entertainment” I’m paying for, and don’t play at being “intelligent” enough to regale me with your blather! I watch the college game; should any of those “athletes” decide they have some platform to vent their perceived political issues, they too will lose, not just my family but millions of other viewers.

Angelo G

Find something constructive to do with your time instead of watching a bunch of spoiled brat millionaires play ball.